Amorsolo: Explosion
Fernando Amorsolo
Explosion
1944
Oil on canvas
33 x 23.5 cm (13 x 9 1/4 in)
Red flames break through Amorsolo's typically idyllic blue sky in this oil painting created during World War II. The energy of the painting lies in the explosion cloud, marked by thick impasto, which glows against the darkened city. On the bottom right, the canvas is signed "Manila 5:20 p.m. September 21, 1944."
Literature: Roces, Alfredo R., Amorsolo, Manila: Filipinas Foundation, 1975, p. 116.
Estimate PHP 1,000,000-1,200,000.
Lot 124 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 19 September 2015. Please see www.salcedoauctions.com for details.
Amorsolo: Explosion
Fernando Amorsolo
Explosion
1944
Oil on canvas
33 x 23.5 cm (13 x 9 1/4 in)
Red flames break through Amorsolo's typically idyllic blue sky in this oil painting created during World War II. The energy of the painting lies in the explosion cloud, marked by thick impasto, which glows against the darkened city. On the bottom right, the canvas is signed "Manila 5:20 p.m. September 21, 1944."
Literature: Roces, Alfredo R., Amorsolo, Manila: Filipinas Foundation, 1975, p. 116.
Estimate PHP 1,000,000-1,200,000.
Lot 124 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 19 September 2015. Please see www.salcedoauctions.com for details.